Hyggehejsa allesammen :)

I morgen mandag har vi allerede været afsted i 5 uger....meeeeen har stadig 4 uger med en masse fantastiske oplevelser foran os. Her en kort rapport over de sidste dage i SF og turen tilbage til LA.
Onsdag kørte vi en tur til Twin Peaks, som er et udsigtssted på en høj bakke. Der var en absolut fantastisk udsigt over byen deroppe fra. Efterfølgende kørte vi til bydelen "Castro", som også er kendt som "the gay capital of the world". Der var fyldt med regnbueflag, sjove butikker og cafeer. Om eftermiddagen skulle vi ud at køre med sporvogn. Vi var meget heldige og fik lov til at stå hel bagerst sammen med ham som styrede bremsen. Det var en rigtig sjov oplevelse. Vi tog sporvognen op til "Lombard Street", som er en helt vild snoet vej. På vejen hjem derfra, stødte vi da også lige på Usas vice præsident Joe Biden! Om aftenen havde vi besluttet at skulle i byen og danse. Vi varmede oppe hjemmefra og gik så lige rundt om hjørnet til en club. Det var super sjov aften.
Næste dag var energi niveauet ikke voldsom højt, men vi gik en tur hen til Union Square og kiggede butikker. Om aftenen var vi på en solnedgangs cruise forbi bl.a. Alcatraz, Sausalito og under Golden Gate Bridge. Igen havde vi en super hyggelig aften og afslutning på vores SF besøg.
Fredag morgen havde vi besluttet at tage på 50'er diner for at få morgenmad. Mums, det var lækkert. Herefter kørte vi til Muir Woods, som er en lille park med stooooore træer nord for SF. Dernæst begyndte turen sydpå for alvor. Undervejs stoppede vi i Santa Cruz ved strandpromenaden, hvor der var adskillelige forlystelser. Vi overnattede i Castroville, også kendt som artiskok byen.
Dagen efter kørte vi til Monterey, hvor vi var en tur i Akvarium. Det var kæmpe stort og der var alle mulige fisk, planter, fugle osv, som havde med havet at gøre. Sågar en stor hvid haj! Efterfølgende kørte vi ca. 5 timer for at komme længere sydpå, til Lompoc.
I dag startede vi med at tage til Solvang - en dansker by midt i Californien. Selvom det var lidt hyggeligt, virkede det også helt forkert. Ved et tilfælde hørte vi om en restaurant, hvor de serverede smørbrød og frikadeller ad libitum. Der måtte vi bare hen. Da vi halvanden time senere knap nok kunne gå derfra, valgte vi at køre videre.
Vi er nu tilbage i LA og her til aften var vi en tur oppe ved Griffith Observatory. Kan i huske den? Sidst blev vi snydt for at komme derop og se LA by night, men nu skulle det være. Og nøøøjjjjjj - FANTASTISK flot!

Her til sidst må jeg dog indrømme en lille ting. Da jeg i mit tidligere blog indlæg skrev at vi boede i et stille og roligt område i SF og at hostlet var charmerende og hyggeligt, var det alt andet end sandt.
Området var udkanten af det skummleste skummlerkvarter med vild mange skummle skummle mennesker. Aldrig har jeg set noget lignende. Vi var lettere forbavsede da vi ankom dertil. Men det var ikke alt. I mandags var der en mand der blev overfaldet lige foran os. Tirsdag så vi en død mand uden ben i kørestol og senere lige rundt om hjørnet sprang der noget der lød som en bombe. Vi var selvsagt lidt berørte over hændelserne, men det ødelagde ikke San Francisco oplevelsen. Hostlet var ret stort, men der var ikke styr på meget. Køkkenet var beskidt og den sidste dag havde vi ingen toiletpapir mere.

Så fik i også den historie og i behøver ikke bekymre jer for jeg/vi har aldrig haft det bedre :)

I morgen går turen endnu længere væk hjemmefra - til Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu og Waikiki Beach!

Godnat fra mig! :D

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Hello hello :)

Tomorrow monday we have already been travelling for 5 weeks.....buuuuut we have still got 4 weeks full of amazing adventures ahead of us. Here a short report from our last days in SF and our trip back to LA.
On wednesday we drove to Twin Peaks, which is a vista point on a hill. There was an absolute great view over the city from the top. After this we drove to "Castro", which is also known as the gay capital of the world. There were a lot of rainbow flags, funny stores and cafees. In the afternoon we had decided to go on a cable car ride. We were very lucky and were allowed to stand all the way at the back together with the guy who controls the brake. It was super fun. We took the cable car to Lombard St, which is a very crooked street. On our way back, we "bumped" into the vice president of the US Joe Biden! In the evening we wanted to go dancing. We warmed up from home and went around the block to a club. We had a great night.
The next day the energy level wasn't very high, but we went for a walk at the Union Square and some shopping. In the evening we went on a sunset cruise, where we sailed past Alcatraz, Sausalito and under the Golden Gate Bridge. Again we had a super cozy evening and ending to our SF visit.
Friday morning we went to a 50's diner for breakfast. Yummi, that was good. Hereafter we drove to Muir Woods, which is a small park with huuuuge trees north of SF. Afterwards we started heading south. We stopped in Santa Cruz at the beach boardwalk, where there were different thrill rides and other fun stuff. We slept in Castroville, also known as the artichoke town.
The next day we drove to Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was huge and there were all types of fish, plants, birds etc, that were somehow connected to the sea. Even a great white shark! Hereafter we drove about 5 hours to get further south, to Lompoc.
Today we started off by going to Solvang - a Danish village in California. Even though it was kind of nice, it seemed so wrong. By coincidence we heard about a restaurant that served "smørbrød" (typical Danish food) and frikadeller (meatballs) as a buffet. We simply had to go there. When we 1,5h later barely could walk, we chose to drive on.
We are now back in LA and tonight we went to Griffith Observatory. You remember that? The last time we didn't get to go up there to see LA by night, but now it had to be. And woooow - SOOO beautiful!

Lastly I have to admit a small thing. In my previous blog entry I wrote that we lived in a calm area in SF and that the hostel was charming, well, thats not quite true.
The area was the edge of the most sinister and creepy part of the city with very sinister and creepy people. I have never seen anything like it. We were kinda caught by surprise when we arrived here. But that was not everything. On monday there was a young man who was attacked just in front of us. Tuesday we saw a dead man without legs in a wheelchair and later just around the building there was something that sounded like a bomb explosion. We were naturally a bit shaken by these happenings, but it didn't ruin our San Francisco experience. The hostel was farely big, but there was no structure at all. The kitchen was dirty and the last day there was no more toilet paper.

Well, now you heard that story too and no worries, because I/we have never been better :)

Tomorrow we'll head even further away from home - to Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu and Waikiki Beach!

Goodnight from me :)